156 The Hunting Countries of England, 



MR. EICHAED COMBE'S.* 



Between Mr. GartVs and tlie Surrey Union_, the 

 H. H.^ tlie Hambledon, and Lord Leconfield's^ runs a 

 strip of rough country — the like of which is only to 

 be found on Dartmoor or Exmoor. Each of these 

 Hunts was ready to hand over to Mr. Combers libe- 

 rality, or to share with him, some few miles of ground 

 within reach of his house. He accepted the gift, and 

 the task, with determination to make the best of it, 

 and his resolve has been steadily and successfully 

 carried out during the half dozen years past. On the 

 wild heathered tracts, and amid the rough jfir woods, 

 between Chobham and Guildford, between Farnham 

 and Petersfield, foxhounds were but occasionally seen. 

 Now a good pack is regularly at work here five days 

 a fortnight; and for those who love hunting for 

 hunting^s sake there is ample opportunity of study and 

 amusement. The Aldershot soldier is especially the 

 one who should be grateful. And in the main he 

 certainly is — though, truth to tell, he is more likely to 

 be exigeant, especially in his first youth and keenness, 

 than almost any other class of man. For, with all due 



* ViclQ Stanford's " Hunting Map," Sheets 21 and 22, and 

 Hobson's Foxhunting Atlas. 



